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    The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical...
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    Clean Water Act. 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 92–500. Approved October 18, 1972. "Summary of the Clean Water Act"...
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    clarify water resource management in the United States under a provision of the Clean Water Act of 1972. The regulation defined the scope of federal water protection...
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    United States Environmental Protection Agency for a violation of the Clean Water Act. Tsakopoulos sued the government and was able to bring his case to...
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  • Court case related to the scope of the Clean Water Act. Before 1972, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) gave the Environmental Protection...
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    environmental laws:[citation needed] Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("Superfund") Emergency Planning...
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  • The Clean Water Act (S.O. 2006, Chapter 22) is a law enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this Act is to protect existing...
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    Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the...
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    The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. Initially enacted...
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  • Johnson signed the Clean Waters Restoration Act. The previous year's Water Quality Act required the states to establish and enforce water quality standards...
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    protecting clean water and air, to preventing the release of toxic substances and chemicals into the environment: the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe...
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  • Transocean agreed to pay US$1.4 billion for violations of the US Clean Water Act. BP had earlier agreed to pay $2.4 billion but faced additional penalties...
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  • felt it was necessary after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal clean water act didn't give the corps authority over decisions involving isolated wetlands...
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  • (PDF), December 21, 2000. Added section 402(q) to Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342(q). "Clean Water State Revolving Fund 2001 progress report" (PDF)....
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    Clean Water Act Peak water (water supply & demand) Pulsed-power water treatment Solar water disinfection Raw water#Treatment Water purification Water...
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  • (December 17, 2012). "Clean Water Act". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2013). "Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act)". United States Environmental...
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  • oversight, inaccurate water monitoring reports, and noncompliance with the Clean Water Act in the coal industry in Kentucky. In late 2010 as reports of the violations...
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  • Best available technology (category Water pollution)
    United States, BAT or similar terminology is used in the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. Best available techniques not entailing excessive costs (BATNEEC)...
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    permit under the Clean Water Act (i.e. they are exempt from coverage under the EPA Vessels General Permit). The CBA amended the Clean Water Act (CWA) and directs...
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    renamed to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to include funding for broadband access, clean water and electric grid renewal in addition to the transportation...
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    project $196 billion from the Act will be used for clean energy, $23 billion will be used for transportation, $17 billion for "clean technology" aimed at hard-to-abate...
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  • Federal environmental regulation of non-navigable waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972 was possible, because all surface waters eventually flowed...
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    Oil Pollution Act of 1990. In December 2015, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ordered Anadarko to pay a civil fine under the Clean Water Act of $159.5 million...
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    Clean Air Act (air pollution), the Clean Water Act (water pollution), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA...
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    ongoing Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and other parties. A federal judge, ruling on the Clean Water Act suit in September...
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    Drinking Water Act. EPA issues water pollution control standards in conjunction with state environmental agencies, pursuant to the Clean Water Act. For countries...
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    increasing use of chemicals. Following the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA), the levels of water pollution in US waterways generally have experienced a...
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  • Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund "Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund Announce New President & CEO | Clean Water Action". Clean Water Action. 23 January...
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    fracturing (fracking) from protections under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and CERCLA ("Superfund"). it directs the Secretary...
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    Environmental Protection Agency had "asked a federal court to allow for Clean Water Act protections for parts of the bay." On January 31, 2023, the EPA effectively...
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